Improvement in detachable pistol-grips for fire-arms



F. W. FREUND. Detachable Pistol-Grip for Fire-Arms.

Patented Oct'. 19,1875.

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FRANK wrREUND, OF CHEYENNE, WYOMING TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN DETACHA'BLE PISTOL-GRIPS FOR FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming'part of Letters Patent No. 168.834, dated October 19, 1875 application filed March 19, 1875.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern:

B'eit known that I, FRANK W. FREUND, of

Cheyenne, countv ot' Laramie and Territory a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification,

in which-- Figure 1 is .a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an inverted plan view, showing-my pistol-grip. Fig. 3 is a sectional view'ot' my pistol-grip applied to the trigger-plate of an ordinary gun. Fig. 4 shows my pistolgrip, a trigger-guard, and a trigger-plate made in onepiece.

, My invention consists in a grip for guns made separate from the stock and adapted to be attached'thereto.

Figs. 1 and-2 show my improved pistolgrip ready to be attached to an ordinary gun not having a grip. It is made of any suit able, material, prefen'ably of iron,-and can be cast or made in a single piece, though, for con- Venience of finishing, I may construct the parts: A and B ot separatepieces and afterward" "unite them. It may also be made'of horn,

-. ivory, or wood, or partly of metal'with either of these materials, or may percha. pistol-grip which is grasped by the handof the sportsman while taking aim' and during the act of firing. I

One advantage of making the part A and butt B separately is, that each piece can be cut out of sheet metal and formed in adie, after which they tating the manufacture of the-pistol-grip The butt B is made to extend upward a sufficient distance above be cast of guttaextension of the pistol-grip, with relation to the part of the gun to which it is to be at making the grip light, if made out of metal,

The part A is that portion of my may be united, thus greatly facili- V its connection with 1 the part A to afford such a pitch or downward n in:

a u a, Fig. 3, thus so as notto add materially to the weight of I the gun to which it may be applied.

In Fig. 3 I have shown my pistol-grip ap .plied to the trigger-plate U of an ordinary gun in rear of the triggerguard c. To efiect this, a notch, as at d, is, in this instance, out All the trigger-plate, so as to receive therein a portion of the upper part of the butt B of 'my grip. as shown, so that when the pistolgrip- .llS

- placed in position against the trigger-plate, as

indicated in-Fig. 3,.it will be securely held in place by the screw e,'as represented.

In Fig. 4 the pistol-grip A B, trigger-guard 0, and trigger-plate G are wrought out of one piece of metal. This plan admits of the grip being attached to-and removed from the steel; without marring it, it simply being necessary to screw in or out the screw or screws which 1 fasten the-trigger-plate in position upon the stock.

It will thus be seen thatI have made a pistol-grip in the form or likeness of the lowerpart of the stock of a pistol, and which is adapted for attachment-to the stock of a gun, (and readily detachable.therefrom, if desired) andwhich can be conveniently grasped by thehand of the sportsman when taking aim and during the-actotf'liring.

Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings illustrate my grip for ready attachmentto Sharps rifles,-

or 'to any, machine-made stock where screwholes are all placed alike. In both of these figures, the screw to, which has held the trigger-platejin position, is'taken out and screwed into the' grip until needed again. In place of the screw a removed, a screw, 1), is inserted,

having ahead to hold down the trigger-plate,-

and which headhas a hole and thread .to hold ascrew, c, which thereby holds the grip to the stock, the butt B beingafterward screwed .011 and covering-the hole.- The screw .b has a transverse-hole, m, through its head, into which a wire or-awl may be inserted to screw Figs.- 7, 8, 9 ,fand 10 are modifications qt my pistol-grip.

Figs. 11, 12 13, 14,15,1e, 17, and 18 S110! |.a.constrnction of my pistol grip, whereby and firmly 2 j mesa;

that; portion of the grip'whieh'co'mesimmeof the stock; but such mode-of applying I rediii'telyiin contac't'with the handvin the act of gardas objectionable, notwithstanding all the firing m'ay be'adjusted-more o'r'less from the advantages of the pistol-grip form are reunder side of the stool; to which the-'gripis tained'. I f applied-as, for instance,f'I-'; may make my -Figs.f28, 29,30, and 31 are modified forms grip with "a: plate, L,-"'as..iii Figs. '1-1, .12, 13, ofmy pistolv'grip.

and 16,- ha'\'inga:1web, g, ,with' screwholes in In Fig: 32 I show a well-known or scroll its outer endyas indicated inFigs. 12 andlfi, form of grip,- having a portion, at, which is into either one ofwfvhich'holes a. s cr'ew passing let. into a rabbet cut in the stock when ap through the. butt lBof thepistolag-rip[may plied'the'reto; andin Fig. 33I'show a gripe be made to entermudfoadjustthe lower poro f[the same character, but adapted to be aption'of the grip iia igi'eater ,or. less-distance plied to the stock of a.-gun in a similar man from the stockiof the gun. her to my pistol-grip, without marring or In Fig. 17 Ishowthe under portion of my cuttingawaythe'stock. t grip adjusted close up to the stock, while-in :What I claim Fig. 18 it is below-the stock.'

adjusted to its full extent down LQAseparate or detachable grip, made in v the form of the lower part of the stock of a Figs. 19, 20,21, 22,'and 23 show a modifica pistol, andadapted.for'attachmentto the stock tion of my pistol-grip and mode of attaching of a gun, substantially as described.

same to the-stock of 'a gun. '2.,A-grip maidejseparate from the stock of Figss ili, "25," and 26zshow scroll forms of a gun, and adapted to be applied to the outgripe,"'b'ut which I so construct that they'may side 0 the-stock by'suitable means ofattachbe applied'to the-stock of a gun' without out} mentw-ithoiit cuttingaway the stock, substantingawaythe stock,and.which may be"'retiallyas'described.

'- g moved without leaving thestock marredor 3.;A pistol-grip,trigger-guard, and trig disfigured, asthe screws used for attaching ger-plate combined, .an'd made of a single them to the stock may be inserted again in piece, substantially as described. I

their proper screw holes after. thegrip'isre, I

moved. i FRAHK W. FREUNDQ In Fig.- 27 I show an'example of applying Witnesses: my pistol grip to the vstockjof a gundinthe, J. N. CAMPBELL,

old-fashioned way, by cutting away apontion 'J, W. HAHILLTQNJOHNSON. 

